Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid 🤔

@FlockOfCats Oh god. My grandmother had this humungous unabridged dictionary, and I did read it as a kid. Oh god.

@aspeed @FlockOfCats There's a book about the making of that dictionary.

True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Stamper

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_06/true_color.html